Improvement in the manufacture op stave baskets



N. PETERS, PHOTULJYKOGRAPHE lthtted Q .tatpg atout @tithe Letters PatentNo. 100,902, dated March 15, 1870.

IMPRVEMBNT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAVE BASKETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORACE C. J ONES, ofDowagiac, in the county of Cass, and State of Michigan, have invented aMachine to be used in the Manufacture of Stave Baskets; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a` full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part ofthis specification, in which- Figure .1, sheet 1, is a verticalsectional view of the new machine.

Figure 2, sheet 1, is a section, taken horizontally through the machine.

Figures.' 3 and 4, sheet 2, are views showing the kind of basket whichthe machine is intended to lnakc.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the manufacture of thestave basket for which Letters Patent were granted to me on the 11th dayof August, 1868, by so organizing a machine that the external andinternal stavcs, constituting the outer layer and the lining of thebaskets, can be readily adjusted and held in proper position for beingsecured together, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation. l

The frame of the machine consists of a horizontal bed, A, from whichrise perpendicularly two standards, which are connecter; together at twopoints by horizontal bars C C.-

From the center of the bed A of this frame rises perpendicularly a post,D, upon the upper end of which a circular plate, E', is secured, havinga hole through its raised central portion, and an annular rebate, c,near its outer edgeas shown in figs. 1 and 2.

Beneath this plate E', the post D is slotted, and centrally perforated,for receiving the rod b and branch rods b', that support and havesecured to them a ring, E', upon the upper edge of which a number ofvertical pins, el, are arranged, at regular distances apart, cntirelyaround this ring.

The central rod bis loosely' attached, at its lower end, to one arm of alever, L, which is pivoted, at g, in a slot made in the bottom of theframeebed A, the other arm of which lever has a latchingpiece, a,pivoted to it, the notch in which will receive a lip, at Ii, tig. 1,when the ring Il is elevated, which will sustain the ring in an elevatedposition.

I is a 4vertical rod, whose axis coincides with the axis of plate E',and which is provided, on its lower end, with a circular follower, F,having a convex bottom side.

This rod I passes cent-rally through a tubular shaft,

- by a cap, s, and rivet s'.

H, and is guided by means of nuts, ff', at the cxtremitiesof the shaft.

By means of a lever, K, and pendent handle, K', the rod I can be movedeither up or down, as may he required.

The tubular shaft H is connected, at its upper end, to a lever, J, bymeans of the swivel-nut f, and on the free lend of this lever J is ahandle, J', by means of which shaft H can be moved up or down.

This tubular shaft H passes through and is guided by the cross-bars C C'of the frame; and to its lower end a concave follower-ring, G, issecured by means of arms e e and the nut f.

The ring Gis concave on its bottom side, and main* tains a positionwhich is concentric to the axis of fol, lower-rod I.

Operation.

The bottom hoop o, shown in fig. 3, sheet 2, is adjusted upon the plateE in the rabbeted portion c, after which the stavcs, lettered u in' fig.3, which extend from side to side of the basket, and forni the outerthickness, are arranged diametrically across the ring E and plate E',and properly adjusted between the studs or pins d on ring E, asindicated in tig. 2 in red lines. The operator then draws downthefollower F, so that its convex side presses firmly upon the centralportions of the stavcs directly cver the center of .A

the plate E. \Vhile the follower' F is thus held, the pointed ends ofthc stavcs p, which constitute the lining or inner thickness of thebasket, are adjusted beneath the convex side of the follower F, andtheir outer ends adjusted between the pins or studs (l. 'Ihering-follower G 'is then brought down forcibly upon the two layers ofstavcs, and sufficient pressure applied to it to give the bottom of thebasket a swelling or rounded shape. The hoop o' is then adjusted inplace, and nailed to the hoop o, the nails all being clinched on theouter side of the basket-bottom, after -which the follower F is raised,and the pointed ends of the stavcs p secured to the stavcs n, andcovered Ihe ends of the stavcs are then drawn together, and the basketshaped, hoopcd, and finished in the usual manner.

It will be seen, from the above description, that l have contrived amachine wherein the stavcs forming thc two thicknesses or layers in thebasket can all hc readily and properly adj usted in their places, andthen held in this condition while they are secured between thc internaland external bottoni hoops.

lt will be seen that the base-plate E is made so that when pressure isapplied to the stavcs by the rng-lbllower G, thc proper concavo-convexforni will hc given to the basket-bottom. This plate is also made so asto hold the bottom hoop or foot-ring o in proper position beneath thestares untilthis hoop or ring o is riveted to the staves.

Having described my invention,

What I claim as new, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. .lhe spurred ring E, in combination-with a central plate, E', and afollower, F, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The ring follower G, in combination with the spurred ring E und theplate E, substantiallyY as and for the purposes described.

3. The construction of the plate E with a hoop seat, c, and a convexsurface, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4.. The folloWerF, construct-ed with a. convex bottom, in combinationwith the plate E', said parts beingv

